Editing Dessau (section)

==Transport==
===Public transport===
The [[Trams in Dessau|Dessau tramway network]] has three lines and is supplemented by numerous bus lines. Dessau's public transport is operated by {{Interlanguage link|Dessauer Verkehrsgesellschaft|de}} (DVG), which transports around 6 million people each year.

===Railway stations===
[[File:Ein Sonderzug des DWE zum Vulkanausbruch in Wörlitz 2005.jpg|thumb|The ''Dessau-Wörlitzer-Eisenbahn'' (DWE)]]
[[Dessau Hauptbahnhof]] (main station) has connections to [[Magdeburg]], Berlin, [[Leipzig]], [[Halle, Saxony-Anhalt|Halle]], [[Bitterfeld]] and Lutherstadt [[Wittenberg]]. The [[Anhalt Railway|line from Berlin]] was opened on 1 September 1840. The [[Dessau–Leipzig railway|Dessau-Bitterfeld line]] (opened on 17 August 1857) was electrified in 1911, the first fully electrified long-distance railway in Germany. Dessau was part of the [[InterCity]] long-distance network until the year 2002. Regional trains also stop at the stations Dessau-Süd, Dessau-Alten, Dessau-Mosigkau and Rodleben. The ''Dessau-Wörlitzer-Eisenbahn'' (railway) connects Dessau to [[Wörlitz]], a town situated 15&nbsp;km to the east, and the [[Wörlitzer Park]]. The starting point of this railway is the main station. This train also stops at the stations Dessau-Waldersee and Dessau-Adria.

===Roads===
[[File:Elbbruecke 02.jpg|thumb|Bridge of the A9 near Dessau crossing the river Elbe]]
In 1938 the [[autobahn]] [[Bundesautobahn 9|A9]] (Munich-Berlin) was built southeast of the town area. The two exits to Dessau on the A9 are called Dessau-Ost and Dessau-Süd. Dessau is also crossed by the [[Bundesstraße|Bundesstrassen]] (federal roads) B 184 and B 185.

===Airfield===
The [[airfield]] of Dessau (ICAO: EDAD) is situated northwest of the town between the districts Kleinkühnau, Alten, and Siedlung. A destination with a charter airplane is possible. The runway has a length of 1000 m. The [[Hugo Junkers]] Technical Museum is situated in the neighbourhood directly east of the airfield, with the eastern end of the modern runway almost directly abutting the historical World War II Junkers factory airstrip's western end.

===Water===
Today the Leopoldshafen (harbour) is used for annual international motorboat racing events. The "Wallwitzhafen" is used as a private pleasure boat harbour and the Elbehafen near the Grain House is used for cruisers. The next harbour for goods is situated in [[Rosslau]].

===Bikes===
Dessau is located in the flat landscape of the [[Saxon Lowland]]. The local bike paths have a length of about 146&nbsp;km and connect all major parks and sights.